Total Crime Rate

515.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

149.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 515.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 229.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 149.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 87.0 10/10
  • Public order 49.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 43.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.6 9/10
  • Other crime 18.6 10/10
  • Other theft 18.6 9/10
  • Robbery 12.4 9/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Theft from the person 6.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hanover Street area has the 16th highest crime rate of 124 local areas in Castle , and the 18th highest crime rate of 783 local areas in Swansea .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hanover Street (SA1 6AZ) in the last 12 months was 515.5 per 1,000 residents and was 35.2% higher than the Castle average (381.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 149.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hanover Street (SA1 6AZ), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 142 crimes here, including 82 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hanover Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/84)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Humphrey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Vaughan Thomas Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Humphrey Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Humphrey Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Humphrey Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Vaughan Thomas Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Vaughan Thomas Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vaughan Thomas Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vaughan Thomas Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vaughan Thomas Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Page Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Page Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Page Street —
Apr 2026Drugs Page Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Page Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stryd Rhydychen Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Stryd Rhydychen Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Stryd Rhydychen Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Page Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Humphrey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Humphrey Street —
Apr 2026Robbery Humphrey Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Humphrey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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